Cooperative interaction of rich and poor can be catalyzed by intermediate climate targets

Climatic Change

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 807-814

  Milinski, Manfred ^a   Röhl, Torsten ^a   Marotzke, Jochem ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CLIMATE TARGETS; COOPERATIVE INTERACTIONS; EMISSION REDUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; SOCIAL DILEMMAS; TIME HORIZONS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; MITIGATION;

EID: 81555214070     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0319-y     Document Type: Article

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